India's merchandise imports totaled $732 billion in 2022, up 28% from $570 billion in 2021.

The latest Tendata iTrader data shows that India's top 10 imports based on the 2-digit HS code are:

- 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (37%, 277 billion US$)

- 71: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (10.6%, 78 billion US$)

- 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts (9.51%, 69 billion US$)

- 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (7.47%, 54 billion US$)

- 29: Organic chemicals (4.06%, 29 billion US$)

- 39: Plastics and articles (3.1%, 22 billion US$)

- 15: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (2.95%, 21 billion US$)

- 31: Fertilizers (2.35%, 17.2 billion US$)

- 72: Iron and steel (2.28%, 16.7 billion US$)

- 28: Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes (1.73%, 12.7 billion US$)

When you need to analyze the market for the India industry, you can find the latest India Import Data in Tendata's import/export databases by product name or 2-digit HS code, a sample of which is shown below (data as of September 2023) for you:

According to Tendata iTrader's more granular 4-digit HS codes, India's top 10 imports (sub-categorized) are:

- 2709: Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (23%, $17.3 billion)

- 2701: Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal (6.68%, $48 billion)

- 7108: Gold (4.99%, $36 billion)

- 2711: Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons (4.41%, $32 billion)

- 7102: Diamonds (3.72%, $27 billion)

- 8542: Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies (2.2%, $16.1 billion)

- 8517: Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy; videophones (2.17%, $15.9 billion)

- 2710: Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; waste oils (2.02%, $14.8 billion)

- 1511: Palm oil and its fractions (1.6%, $11.7 billion)

- 8471: Automatic data processing machines and units (1.51%, $11 billion)

When you need to check the India leads for a product, you can find the latest India Import Data in Tendata's Import/Export database by following the 4-digit HS code.The following is a sample of what is available for you (data as of September 2023):

The latest Tendata iTrader data shows that India's major import partners are:

1. China (13.9%, 102 billion US$)

2. United Arab Emirates (7.35%, 53 billion US$)

3. USA (7.06%, 51 billion US$)

4. Saudi Arabia (6.3%, 46 billion US$)

5. Russia (5.54%, 40 billion US$)

6. Iraq (5.33%, 39 billion US$)

7. Indonesia (3.91%, 28 billion US$)

8. Singapore (3.33%, 24 billion US$)

9. Korea (2.82%, 20 billion US$)

10. Australia (2.67%, 19.6 billion US$)

When you want to find out if your country is doing business with India, you can look up the latest India Import Data in Tendata's import/export databases by country name, and here's a sample of what's available for you (as of September 2023):

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